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The haplotype of the growth-differentiation factor 15 gene is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy in human essential hypertension.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 19 Oct 2009
Wang Xiaojian, Yang Xu, Sun Kai, Chen Jingzhou, Song Xiaodong, Wang Hu, Liu Zhe, Wang Changxin, Zhang Channa, Hui Rutai
Abstract excerpt
GDF15 (growth-differentiation factor 15) is a novel antihypertrophic factor which is induced in the heart in response to pressure overload and plays an important regulatory role in the process of hypertrophy. In the present study, we have investigated the relationship between GDF15 gene variants and left ventricular hypertrophy in human essential hypertension. A community-based hypertensive population sample of...
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